Charles Milliard speaks during a rally naming him as the new leader of the Liberal Party of Quebec in Trois-Rivières, Que., on Feb. 15, 2026. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
About 600 people welcomed Charles Milliard as the new head of the Quebec Liberal Party in Trois-Rivières on Sunday, days after he was acclaimed in a leadership race that no one else joined.
Milliard, who entered the room at the Delta Hotel in the city about halfway between Montreal and Quebec City on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, takes over a party recently shaken by the December resignation of former leader Pablo Rodriguez.
